Online-Ressource
Brill
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2015
In:
Journal for the Study of Judaism Vol. 46, No. 1 ( 2015-02-10), p. 86-102
In:
Journal for the Study of Judaism, Brill, Vol. 46, No. 1 ( 2015-02-10), p. 86-102
Kurzfassung:
The note in 1 Maccabees 9:54 that the high priest Alcimus ordered the destruction of the wall of the inner temple court is taken by most scholars as a description of a historical event. This paper, however, suggests that the note should rather be read as part of a pro-Maccabean propaganda which serves to defame Alcimus. It is argued that, from a historical perspective, it was not Alcimus but Judas who was responsible for serious damage at the temple precinct as a result of his unsuccessful military operation against the Seleucid Acra (6:18-54). The author of 1 Maccabees tries to downplay this event and to villainise Alcimus by calling destruction what was actually restoration. The paper ends with a comparison to two other passages in 1 Maccabees (4:44-46 and 5:55-62) which shows that the suggested understanding of 9:54 fits well the strategies of legitimisation and delegitimisation that can be found throughout the book.
Materialart:
Online-Ressource
ISSN:
0047-2212
,
1570-0631
DOI:
10.1163/15700631-12340095
Sprache:
Unbekannt
Verlag:
Brill
Publikationsdatum:
2015
ZDB Id:
2067223-8
SSG:
6,14
SSG:
0
SSG:
1
SSG:
7,7
SSG:
6,12
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